Zashchitnaya Bay (russian: Бухта Защитная, fi, Suomenvedenpohja) is the northernmost part of

Vyborg Bay Vyborg Bay (, , ) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf. The Monrepos Park is considered a jewel of the bay and a major draw f ...

. It is located adjacent to the city of

Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus ...

( fi, Viipuri),

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1 ...

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. Vyborg Bay is part of the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and ...

in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

. The Castle of Vyborg and the

Monrepos Park Mon Repos or Monrepos (russian: Монрепо́, from the French for "my rest") is an extensive English landscape park in the northern part of the rocky island of Linnasaari (Tverdysh, Slottsholmen) outside Vyborg, Russia. The park lies alon ...

face Zashchitnaya Bay. The old

Saimaa Canal The Saimaa Canal ( fi, Saimaan kanava; sv, Saima kanal; russian: Сайменский канал) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia. The canal was built from 1845 to 1856 and open ...

(opened in 1856), as well as the new one, connect Zashchitnaya Bay with Lake

Saimaa Saimaa ( , ; sv, Saimen) is a lake located in the Finnish Lakeland area in southeastern Finland. At approximately , it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth largest natural freshwater lake in Europe. The name Saimaa likely comes from a ...

in Finland. In the Middle Ages, the river Vuoksa had an outlet in Suomenvedenpohja, which however dried up little by little due to

post-glacial rebound Post-glacial rebound (also called isostatic rebound or crustal rebound) is the rise of land masses after the removal of the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound ...

and was left completely dry in 1857 when the Kiviniemi rapids in Losevo (russian: Лосево, fi, Kiviniemi) were formed and the

Burnaya River The Burnaya (, ) is a young rapid river in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, on the Karelian Isthmus, which emerged in 1818. It flows from Lake Sukhodolskoye to Lake Ladoga and is a part of Vuoksi River drainage basin. Before the Wi ...

(, ) became the main outlet of Vuoksa. The Russian name of the bay is derived from the Russian word for

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and may be translated as "shielding". Image:Kalininsky Bridge.JPG, The Gvardeisky Strait ( fi, Kivisillansalmi) is one of the two waterways leading from the

Bay of Vyborg Vyborg Bay (, , ) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf. The Monrepos Park is considered a jewel of the bay and a major draw fo ...

to Zashchitnaya Bay. The present-day sailing route to

runs below the bridge. Image:Vyborg from castle.jpg, The other waterway from the Bay of Vyborg to Zashchitnaya Bay is Linnansalmi, in which the Castle of Vyborg is located. The old vessel route to Saimaa Canal up to the 1930s ran through Linnansalmi.

Sources

Map

a society conserving the park of Monrepos

a Historical Study of the villages surrounding Suomenvedenpohja - bay

a State treaty between Finland and the Soviet union about the Saimaa Canal mentioning location of the Canal in Suomenvedenpohja.

a link to a picture From Suomenvedenpohja
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